Skip Bayless Quotes

I think a punt can be a big play in a game. If it's anything like a real game, then you realize that a Pat McAfee punt that downs someone inside the 2-yard line can really swing a game. I'm all for punting in video games.

Punt returns will kill you quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper.

You want me to play kicker or punter, all I gotta do is get a good stretch in and warm my foot up. I think I can kick the ball, too.

I love throwing the deep ball.

As a field goal kicker you can't make your own opportunities.

As a punt returner in the NFL, I know all about teamwork, high-speeds, and collisions on Sundays.

Football is one-third offense, one-third defense, and one-third special teams.

I didn't play soccer; I played that other football in grade school through college.

I'm an ardent American Football fan.

I was playing in the league when Ray Guy was playing in the league. He was the best kicker I've ever seen. He could bullet that ball 70 yards.

The most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.

I ran back punt returns and kickoff returns, and I played a pretty good game.

There's three parts to football: offense, defense, and special teams. You'd no more ignore special teams than you would offense or defense.

I was fascinated by Harry Gilmer and wanted to learn to throw the ball just like him.

You're shooting the quarterback, and he drops back to pass the ball, and you see the ball leave his hand at 10 frames per second. At 7 frames per second, the ball's already gone.

People think kickers in general kick field goals. But kickers are actually good athletes; we run and work out just like the rest of the football team.

Punting the ball is really frustrating to me.

You're never trying to have three-and-outs; I don't care what offense you're playing.

Kicking field goals is frustrating to me.

It's fun to come in when it's first down. It's not fun to come back in when it's third-and-long.

Whenever we have penalties and take a 10-yard penalty down the red zone, it gets tough.

If people don't know what a punter is in football, they're not going to know what a fourth down kicker is, either.

Every kicker that's in this league has kicked a million or so balls. You just have that swing; you know what you have to do, and you go out there and do it.

Returning punts is one of my favorite things to do in the whole world. It's awesome. It's like playing on the highway.

I'm strictly a quarterback.